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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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